ZHCSAK8J December 2003 – June 2022 TPS40054 , TPS40055 , TPS40057
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Figure 8-2 shows component selection for the 10-V to 24-V to 3.3-V at 8 A DC-to-DC converter specified in the design example. For an 8-V input application, it can be necessary to add a Schottky diode from BP10 to BOOST to get sufficient gate drive for the upper MOSFET. As seen in Figure 6-4, the BP10 output is about 6 V with the input at 8 V, so the upper MOSFET gate drive can be less than 5 V.
A Schottky diode is shown connected across the synchronous rectifier MOSFET as an optional device that can be required if the layout causes excessive negative SW node voltage, greater than or equal to 2 V.